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Deficiency of Shelter Beds for LA’s Homeless

The number of homeless people far exceeds the number of shelter beds in Los Angeles County. This greatly differs from other major cities within the US.

Ethnosketch, Core Categories: CA Homeless

Core Categories in LA Homeless/Shelter Beds

Ethnosketch, Peopling a Project: CA Homeless

Peopling a project with LA Homelessness/Shelter Beds

Ethnosketch, Competing Hegemonies: CA Homeless

Competing Hegemonies with LA Homeless/Shelter Beds

Ethnosketch, Mapping Subject Positions: CA Homeless

Mapping subject positions with LA Homelessness/Shelter beds

LA's Low Shelter Numbers

The number of homeless people far exceeds the number of shelter beds in Los Angeles County. This greatly differs from other major cities within the US.

Homeless Population per SoCal Counties

Numbers of homeless within each southern California county and the number of shelter beds available.

Number of Sheltered Homeless

The number of homeless continues to grow, yet the number of shelter spaces available is still incredibly low.

Sleeping Rough

The Homeless Population is scattered all over LA city proper and LA county, but skid row is the most popular place known for the homeless in LA.

Emily Goldmann, PhD, MPH is a current assistant research professor at NYU College of Global Public Health. Goldmann researches environmental and social determinants of mental health conditions. and has focused on surveillance of psychological distress, serious mental illness, and psychiatric hospitalization of New Yorkers following Hurricane Sandy.

Sandro Galea, MD, MPH is a canadian/american board-certified emergency physician. Dr. Galea is currently the Dean of BU School of Public Health and former Chair of the Department of Epidemiology of Columbia University's Mailman School of Global Public Health. He specifically researches social production of health within urban populations, and especially notes psychological and mental health disorder prevalence within vulnerable populations, including mood-anxiety disorders and substance abuse.